Each lock is drained about every 20 years for maintenance and inspection. It's a multimillion-dollar project that takes months from planning to execution.

Stop me if you’ve heard this before, but now that summer nears, I’m going to get back in shape. Oh, ... The Cap’n and I are going to be ship shape — or barge shaped Life. Apr 13, 2024.

More: A barge, a bulkhead and $3.3 million: How the Mississippi River's locks and dams stay in ship shape This year, the shipping season began on March 17, when the motor vessel Joseph Patrick ...

Barge traffic on the river's northern stretch halts each year until springtime because the river ... a bulkhead and $3.3 million: How the Mississippi River's locks and dams stay in ship shape.

DES MOINES, Iowa — A long stretch of hot, dry weather has left the Mississippi River so low that barge companies are reducing their loads just as Midwest farmers are ...

Each lock is drained about every 20 years for maintenance and inspection. It's a multimillion-dollar project that takes months from planning to execution.

A barge, a bulkhead and $3.3 million: How the Mississippi River's locks and dams stay in ship shape. Madeline Heim. Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. HASTINGS, Minnesota ...

DES MOINES, Iowa — A long stretch of hot, dry weather has left the Mississippi River so low that barge companies are reducing their loads just as Midwest farmers are ...